“Many people believe that they are attracted by God, or by Nature, when they are only repelled by man.”
Nature“A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours.”
Patriotism“Many people believe that they are attracted by God, or by Nature, when they are only repelled by man.”
Nature“Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art.”
Art“The enemies of freedom do not argue they shout and they shoot.”
Freedom“To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy.”
Religion“Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before we can hope to improve theater.”
Hope“A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours.”
Patriotism“It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.”
Wisdom“The aim of education is the knowledge not of facts but of values.”
Education“True faith is belief in the reality of absolute values.”
Faith“Whoever marries the spirit of this age will find himself a widower in the next.”
Age“We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form.”
Religion